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Category: Beginner’s Fly Tying

Beginner’s Fly Tying: Chubby Chernobyl Ant

Summertime, summertime! Now that days are longer and temperatures warmer, it’s time to set aside some of the standard fly patterns which we would use for early season fly fishing.…

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Published May 30, 2023
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Damselfly Nymph

As a prelude to describing our upcoming May beginner’s fly-tying event, I want to thank Martyn Holland, who is now assisting with the instruction for our program. As such, we…

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Published April 30, 2023
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Foam & Fur Ant

April is upon us and it is time to consider what other types of natural food will be available for consumption by freshwater fish species. For this reason, we chose…

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Published April 1, 2023
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Bead Head Pheasant-Tailed Nymph

Bead Head Pheasant-Tailed Nymph

Seeing that winter is nearly over, and there are more aquatic insect food forms available in our streams and rivers, local fish will begin to more aggressively take some of…

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Published February 27, 2023
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Soft Hackle Wet Fly

Our PVFF Beginner Fly Tying program for February 2023 will reintroduce basic steps for ‘tying soft hackle wet flies’. For those unfamiliar with the term ‘wet flies’, these are artificial…

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Published January 31, 2023
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Join Us for “Caddisfly Saturday” on February 18th

Whether you are a beginner or more advanced fly tier, please join others of the same passion on February 18th as we tie a broad selection of flies which represent…

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Published January 31, 2023
Categorized as Advanced Fly Tying, Beginner's Fly Tying, Fly Tying

Beginner’s Fly Tying: Squirmy Wormy & Salmon Egg

Our next Beginner Fly Tying session will be held at 7:00 PM, January 17, in Room 207 at Trinity United Methodist Church. Don’t let the complacency and chill of the…

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Published December 31, 2022
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Zebra Midge and Griffith’s Gnat

Our next Beginner’s Fly Tying session will be held at 7:00 PM on November 15th at Trinity United Methodist Church. The evening’s class will focus on two common fly patterns…

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Published October 29, 2022
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Nymph

Our September fly tying session was a great kick-off for our upcoming Beginner’s Fly Tying class, which will be held on October 18th at 7:00 PM at Trinity United Methodist…

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Published September 30, 2022
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: The CHRLFY Woolly Bugger Variant

After a brief summer break, our next Beginner Fly Tying session will be held at 7:00 PM on September 20th at Trinity United Methodist Church in Frederick. As a change…

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Published August 31, 2022
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: White Miller Emerging & Emergent Variations

Print Instructions Session Overview At our July Beginner fly tying session we will be tying both a White Miller wet fly and dry fly. I chose these patterns for our…

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Published June 30, 2022
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Black Ant

Tying the Dubbed Fur Ant and Foam Ant: Print Instructions Session Overview The fly pattern chosen for our June fly tying class is the ‘common’ black ant. Ants are among…

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Published June 1, 2022
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Rabbit-strip Leech

Session Overview Leeches are among the many ‘fish foods’ which freshwater fish species consume, whenever these annelids are available. Worm-like in their behavior, freshwater leeches can be found near vegetation…

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Published April 30, 2022
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Beck’s Super Beetle

Session Overview Our session for April 19 (7:00 PM) is an opportunity for our class participants to ‘step outside the box’ when it comes to learning to tie terrestrial fly…

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Published March 31, 2022
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: Red Tag (Wet & Dry)

Session Overview Realizing that spring trout season is upon us, I sought to find a fly pattern which would provide our Beginner’s class with new tying techniques and a pattern…

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Published February 27, 2022
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